Dorothea Lasky debunks the starving artist myth

In an interview with The L Magazine, poet Dorothea Lasky breaks it down for the people:

Have you ever been a Starving Artist, and did it make you brilliant, or just hungry?

I think I might still be some sort of starving artist. I think not being wealthy has made me the opposite of brilliant, because I am always worrying about money. I hate the idea that artists need to starve to make art. Who thought up that line? It's a load of crap. I think artists and writers and musicians should make a decent wage doing their art, if not a whole lot of money . . .